Mildred Jean Di Gregorio Obituary (2018

Henry: Mildred "Jean" Di Gregorio, 95, of Henry, passed away Tuesday October 23, 2018, 7:28pm at Unity Point Methodist Hospital, Peoria. Visitation will be Saturday October 27, 2018, from 9:00 to 10:30am at St. Mary's Church, Henry. A Mass of Christian burial will follow at 10:30 am. Fr. John Bosco Mujuni will officiate. Cremation will follow the Mass. Inurnment will take place at Calvary Cemetery, Henry, at a later date. Memorials may be made to the Henry Ambulance Service or to St. Mary's Church. Calvert & Johnson Memorial Home, Henry is in charge of arrangements. Jean was born August 10, 1923 in Rockwell, Iowa to William and Clara (Nielson) Koppen. She married Paris Di Gregorio on December 26, 1943 at St. Mary's Cathedral in Phoenix, AZ. He preceded her in death on February 28, 2007. Surviving are her children, Nancy Kaye (Charles) Morgan, of East Peoria, Mary Ann (Wayne) Magnuson, of Henry and Michael Paris (Laurie) Di Gregorio, of Germantown Hills, eleven grandchildren and twenty one great-grandchildren. Her parents, two brothers, Clarence and Howard Koppen, two sisters, Marcile Murphy and Sharon Bamrick, and one grandson, Jeffery Morgan, a great grandson, Travis Stubbs, preceded her in death. After graduation from high school, she was a telephone operator in Mason City, Iowa and a salesperson at Younkers Sportswear in Des Moines, Iowa. Jean was a homemaker to her family. She was a member of St. John XXIII Parish, St. Mary's Church. She served as president of the Altar & Rosary Society for over 2 years and was a member of the Daughters of Isabella, of her church.